2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-09-08UTC14:51:12+00:002016-09-08British Youth Opera revives a forgotten operatic entertainment from the 1960s with flair and professionalism.Eccentric circles: a youthful take on Malcolm Williamson’s English Eccentricsen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-english-eccentrics-williamson-british-youth-opera-september-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMatthew Ryehttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/files/24809-matthew_rye.jpgMatthew read music at Oxford and has worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He has written numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad, for which he continues to write. He also writes for The Wagner Journal and Opera Now and blogs at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and is the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).https://bachtrack.com/files/45370-english-eccentrics-polly-leech-the-countess-of-desmond-and-matthew-buswell-thomas-parr-byo-clive-barda-resized.jpg510340Polly Leech (The Countess of Desmond) and Matthew Buswell (Thomas Parr)Clive Barda2016-Sep-07, Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre: English Eccentricshttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/sadlers-wells-peacock-theatre/english-eccentrics/07-september-2016/19-302016-09-072016-09-10Sadler's Wells: Peacock TheatreLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2 2HTPortugal Street
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2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-11-24UTC10:43:03+00:002015-11-23Daisy Evans' dystopian, immersive Dutchman for Fulham Opera may be tough medicine – but, with such glorious singing on offer, it's an unmissable chance to step into Wagner's soundworld. Tempest-tossed on the storm of life: Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at Fulham Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-flying-dutchman-fulham-opera-november-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.https://bachtrack.com/files/31143-flying_dutchman_fulham_opera_keel_watson_matthew_coughlan_resized.jpg510340Keel Watson (The Dutchman)Matthew Coughlan2015-Nov-19, St John's Fulham: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/st-johns-fulham/der-fliegende-hollander-the-flying-dutchman/19-november-2015/19-302015-11-192015-12-05St John's FulhamLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSW6 1PB51.4809686359252-0.198944807052612https://bachtrack.com/files/29037-dfh_webgeneric.jpg4

2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-07-27UTC08:31:59+00:002015-07-24Tête-à-Tête's installation of four works is something of a curate's egg, but worth it for James Schouten's exhilarating Rock Tosca and Workshopera's visionary Boys of Paradise. The curate's night out: the Tête-à-Tête Clubnight at Egg, Londonen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-rock-tosca-tete-a-tete-egg-london-july-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.https://bachtrack.com/files/26350-boys_of_paradise_jean_max_lattemann_claire_shovelton.jpg510340Boys of Paradise: Jean-Max Lattemann (Peregrine)Claire Shovelton2015-Jul-23, Egg: One Day This Will Be Long Ago, China Doll – A Neuropera in Four Seasons, Rock Tosca, Boys of Paradisehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/egg/one-day-this-will-be-long-ago-china-doll-a-neuropera-in-four-seasons-rock-tosca-boys-of-paradise/23-july-2015/18-302015-07-232015-07-23EggLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomN7 9AX51.5420223-0.125106599999980973

Winner of OperaUpClose’s Flourish competition for new writing, The Blank Canvas is a heartbreakingly tragic tale of an abstract artist coming to terms with widowhood, success and some worrying hallucinations.

2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-09-08UTC13:12:18+00:002014-09-07Winner of OperaUpClose’s Flourish competition for new writing, The Blank Canvas is a heartbreakingly tragic tale of an abstract artist coming to terms with widowhood, success and some worrying hallucinations. Seeing is believing: The Blank Canvas by Spyros Syrmosen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-blank-canvas-syrmos-september-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.https://bachtrack.com/files/6497-blank_canvas_melanie_sanders_edmund_hastings_laura_marie_linck.jpg510340Melanie Sanders (Lucy) and Edmund Hastings (Peter)Laura Marie Linck2014-Sep-07, King's Head Theatre, Islington: The Blank Canvashttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/kings-head-theatre-islington/the-blank-canvas/07-september-2014/19-152014-09-072014-09-07King's Head Theatre, IslingtonLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomN1 1QN115 Upper Street51.5382744794391-0.1026749610900883

2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-06-05UTC16:36:17+00:002014-06-04Stephen Barlow’s staging of Puccini's Western is easy on the eye, if short on verismo. Susannah Glanville impresses as the barkeeper with a heart of gold.A heart of gold in the West: Opera Holland Park hits Vegas for Puccini's La fanciullaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-fanciulla-holland-park-glanville-june-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.https://bachtrack.com/files/5528-fanciulla_susannah_glanville_jeff_gwaltney_fritz_curzon.jpg275413Jeff Gwaltney (Dick Johnson) and Susannah Glanville (Minnie)Fritz Curzon2014-Jun-03, Holland Park Theatre: La fanciulla del Westhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/holland-park-theatre/la-fanciulla-del-west/03-june-2014/19-302014-06-032014-06-21Holland Park TheatreLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomW8 6LUHolland Park51.5034267980625-0.20423412322998https://bachtrack.com/files/15334-fanciulla_1.jpg3

While major opera houses mount a dazzling variety of new Verdi, Wagner and Britten productions, a smaller local company, Surrey Opera, has taken it upon themselves to remember George Lloyd by producing his “neglected” first opera, Iernin.